Rona Jaffe's Mazes And Monsters

This excruciating CBS telefilm, exploiting the then-newsy topic of teens immersed in Dungeons & Dragons and other medieval-fantasy role playing games, is of interest only for future star Tom Hanks in his first leading role, and for a climax filmed on location at the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Hanks plays college student Robbie Wheeling, who left Tufts University in disgrace after his addiction to the game Mazes and Monsters killed his grades. Now enrolled at generic Grant University, he hooks up with three fellow M&Mers: wannabe novelist Kate Finch (Wendy Crewson); 16-year-old sophomore Jay Jay Brockway (Chris Makepeace), a kid genius with...